Land-value capture has helped pay for major projects like London's Cross Rail, and the extension of New York City's subway line 7. The concept is in use massively in Hong Kong, where that city's transit agency turns a profit by taking advantage of real estate opportunities around transit lines.

McGill University is about to launch the Becoming an Active Bystander Program to empower students and staff to identify and interrupt potentially harmful situations and to respond compassionately to those who are victims of sexual violence

A conclusion that should surprise no one who lives in the central boroughs: The Plateau-Mont-Royal boroughs takes the longest to clear away snow after a storm, and has the highest per kilometre cost for snowclearing, a Montreal Gazette analysis of city data shows.

The town of Kirkland is joining the growing movement to prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes.
The city's council on Monday signalled its intent to ban the use of e-cigarettes in municipal buildings

John Abbott College is in the process of making a new strategic plan.
Apparently, the ministry of higher education, research and science insists that all its institutions have a strategic plan, so John Abbott now needs a new one for 2015 to 2020.